REPORT TITLE:
Noncommercial Piers


DESCRIPTION:
Allows the board of land and natural resources to lease, by
direct negotiation and without recourse to public auction, state
submerged lands or lands beneath tidal waters for private
residential noncommercial piers.  Deletes the requirement that
leases for sunbathing and swimming piers on public lands be open
to the public with signs indicating the public's right to use the
pier.  Deletes the requirement that easements or leases for
noncommercial piers be approved by the governor and the
legislature.  (SD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 2
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO NONCOMMERCIAL PIERS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
 
 3 read as follows:
 
 4      "�171-     Private residential noncommercial piers.
 
 5 Notwithstanding any limitations to the contrary, the board of
 
 6 land and natural resources may lease, by direct negotiation and
 
 7 without recourse to public auction, state submerged lands or
 
 8 lands beneath tidal waters for private residential noncommercial
 
 9 piers on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the
 
10 board."
 
11      SECTION 2.  Section 171-36, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
12 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
13      "(a)  Except as otherwise provided[,] by law, the following
 
14 restrictions shall apply to all leases:
 
15      (1)  Options for renewal of terms are prohibited;
 
16      (2)  No lease shall be for a longer term than sixty-five
 
17           years, except in the case of a residential leasehold
 
18           which may provide for an initial term of fifty-five
 
19           years with the privilege of extension to meet the
 

 
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 1           requirements of the Federal Housing Administration,
 
 2           Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Land
 
 3           Bank of Berkeley, Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of
 
 4           Berkeley, Berkeley Bank for Cooperatives, or Veterans
 
 5           Administration [requirements]; provided that the
 
 6           aggregate of the initial term and extension shall in no
 
 7           event exceed seventy-five years;
 
 8      (3)  No lease shall be made for any land under a lease which
 
 9           has more than two years to run;
 
10      (4)  No lease shall be made to any person who is in arrears
 
11           in the payment of taxes, rents, or other obligations
 
12           owing the State or any county;
 
13      (5)  No lease shall be transferable or assignable, except by
 
14           devise, bequest, or intestate succession; provided that
 
15           with the approval of the board of land and natural
 
16           resources, the assignment and transfer of a lease or
 
17           unit thereof may be made in accordance with current
 
18           industry standards, as determined by the board;
 
19           provided further that prior to the approval of any
 
20           assignment of lease, the board shall have the right to
 
21           review and approve the consideration to be paid by the
 
22           assignee and may condition its consent to the
 
23           assignment of the lease on payment by the lessee of a
 

 
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 1           premium based on the amount by which the consideration
 
 2           for the assignment, whether by cash, credit, or
 
 3           otherwise, exceeds the depreciated cost of improvements
 
 4           and trade fixtures being transferred to the assignee;
 
 5           provided further that with respect to state
 
 6           agricultural leases, in the event of foreclosure or
 
 7           sale, the premium, if any, shall be assessed only after
 
 8           the encumbrances of record and any other advances made
 
 9           by the holder of a security interest are paid;
 
10      (6)  The lessee shall not sublet the whole or any part of
 
11           the demised premises except with the approval of the
 
12           board; provided that prior to the approval, the board
 
13           shall have the right to review and approve the rent to
 
14           be charged to the sublessee; provided further that in
 
15           the case where the lessee is required to pay rent based
 
16           on a percentage of its gross receipts, the receipts of
 
17           the sublessee shall be included as part of the lessee's
 
18           gross receipts; provided further that the board shall
 
19           have the right to review and, if necessary, revise the
 
20           rent of the demised premises based upon the rental rate
 
21           charged to the sublessee including the percentage rent,
 
22           if applicable, and provided that the rent may not be
 
23           revised downward;
 

 
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 1      (7)  The lease shall be for a specific use or uses and shall
 
 2           not include waste lands, unless it is impractical to
 
 3           provide otherwise; and
 
 4      (8)  Mineral and metallic rights and surface and ground
 
 5           water shall be reserved to the State[; and
 
 6      (9)  No lease of public lands, including submerged lands,
 
 7           nor any extension of any such lease, shall be issued by
 
 8           the State to any person to construct, use, or maintain
 
 9           a sunbathing or swimming pier or to use the lands for
 
10           such purposes, unless such lease, or any extension
 
11           thereof, contains provisions permitting the general
 
12           public to use the pier facilities on the public lands
 
13           and requiring that a sign or signs be placed on the
 
14           pier, clearly visible to the public, which indicates
 
15           the public's right to the use of the pier.  The board,
 
16           at the earliest practicable date, and where legally
 
17           possible, shall cause all existing leases to be amended
 
18           to conform to this paragraph.  The term "lease", for
 
19           the purposes of this paragraph, includes month-to-month
 
20           rental agreements and similar tenancies]."
 
21      SECTION 3.  Section 171-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
22 amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
 
23      "(c)  The board, with the prior approval of the governor and
 

 
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 1 the prior authorization of the legislature by concurrent
 
 2 resolution, may lease state submerged lands and lands beneath
 
 3 tidal waters under the terms, conditions, and restrictions
 
 4 provided in this chapter; provided that the authorization of the
 
 5 legislature shall not be required for leases issued under chapter
 
 6 190D; and provided further that the approval of the governor and
 
 7 authorization of the legislature shall not be required for any
 
 8 grant of easement or lease of state submerged lands or lands
 
 9 beneath tidal waters used for moorings, cables, [or]
 
10 pipelines[;], or noncommercial piers; provided further that this
 
11 exemption shall not apply to easements for cables used for
 
12 interisland electrical transmission or slurry pipelines used for
 
13 transportive materials, mined at sea, or waste products from the
 
14 processing of the same.
 
15      The lease shall provide that the lands shall be reclaimed at
 
16 the expense of the lessee.  Title to the reclaimed lands shall
 
17 remain in the State."
 
18      SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
19 New statutory material is underscored.
 
20      SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval;
 
21 provided that the authority granted to the department of land and
 
22 natural resources to enter into lease agreements with owners of
 
23 private residential noncommercial piers shall be repealed on June
 

 
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 1 30, 2005, and the amendments made by sections 1, 2, and 3 of this
 
 2 Act to the Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be repealed as of that
 
 3 date and sections 171-36(a) and 171-53(c), Hawaii Revised
 
 4 Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which they read on
 
 5 the day prior to the effective date of this Act; provided further
 
 6 that any lease agreement executed pursuant to this Act prior to
 
 7 June 30, 2005, or any lease extension executed thereon after the
 
 8 repeal of this Act, shall remain exempt from section 171-
 
 9 36(a)(9), Hawaii Revised Statutes, after the repeal of this Act.